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  1. If you had to to do all over again...

    suanna replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    If you would have asked me this question 5yrs ago the answer was emphaticaly yes, now NO NO NO. I used to have a job that facillitated great nursing care, worked with a great group of staff and worked...

  2. Facilitating intubations

    suanna replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    1: Know it's comming- better an elective intubation on a patient in distress than an emergent intubation on a patient near arrest. 2: set up a dedicated IV with NS that runs easily when opened. Whe a...

  3. floating to other departments

    suanna replied to smbmlt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I hear one more time "you know you work for the hospital not your unit" as the excuse to float nurses all over the hospital. We are fortunate to have the rules of floating spelled out in our union...

  4. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    suanna replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    These students will become the new RNs I'm working with. The ones that think patient care is just a minor inconvenience to thier social time at work. This seems to be the new standard- 1hr pt care,...

  5. Peds clinical

    suanna replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Pediatric

    By the time you finish the rotation you my be suprised how much you did learn. Honestly, I was glad they limited what we could do as a student in peds- it's just too easy to cause harm to a kid. There...

  6. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    suanna replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    I carry it as a rider on my homeowners policy. I know and trust my agent and it's

  7. Need RN advice

    suanna replied to Bicster's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital hires new grads to ICU if they did a preceptorship in critical care and have a recommendation from the instructors. We can't hire more than 25% new grads on any floor/shift in critical...

  8. Need RN advice

    suanna replied to Bicster's topic in General Nursing

    My school offered no separate pharm class, patho class, and ?med surg? -isn't that part of you regular nursing lecture- I can't imagine a separate class. I think if the school has an above average...

  9. Float pool at your facility?

    suanna replied to nightbychoice's topic in Nursing Career

    Our facility offers a Q-year cash bonus for RNs that stay in the float pool. The wage scale is the same but the bonus is intended to encourage staff to stay in the float position longer- we know that...

  10. New nurse making job unbearable!

    suanna replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I read the thread through - "diciplined" isn't the goal I would have been working for with this nurse. If she couldn't get along as part of the team (after being given a fair chance) in one department...

  11. Maybe I shouldn't be an ICU nurse - long

    suanna replied to bethem's topic in MICU, SICU

    In an ICU you frequently can't be in your patients room and at thier bedside every second. It's common to have 2 or 3 tubed patients and lacking unusual anatomy you can only watch one at a time. Even...

  12. Changing careers but discouraged by a failed student

    suanna replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My best friend ( a nurse) told me she not only didn't think I should go into nursing because I was male- she didn't think men made good nurses, but that aside she didn't think I was nurse material. My...

  13. Can nurses with MRSA work?

    suanna replied to JennieO's topic in General Nursing

    It's purely hospital to hospital as to whether or not the nurse can work with an active MRSA infection. If you nasal swabbed 100% of the staff in a busy ICU I would bet 80% would come back positive...

  14. Alcohol problem

    suanna replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Students

    Alcohol consumption does not necessarily equate to alcohol problem-amount has little importance. If a person routinely drinks alcolol in any amount on a daily basis it will effect how they respond to...

  15. New nurse making job unbearable!

    suanna replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    Your instatution must have a job description for RNs and LPNs as well as everyone else. If your problem child refuses to preforrm a duty that is within her job description I don't see why she isn't...

  16. Do you think you could pass now?

    suanna posted a topic in General Nursing

    After reading through a good number of anxious posts but our current NCLEX takers, I wonder how old timers like me would fair on the NCLEX exam. I almost wish I could take it to find out- but I...

  17. Do you think you could pass now?

    suanna replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    My concern isn't just that I don't have the knowledge base to pass but rather I have a very different perspective as a veteran nurse from that of new grads. How I would deligate assignments may differ...

  18. Strike Nursing

    suanna replied to TravelingBSNRN's topic in Travel

    I would like to reply in a flame like manner to your post and fill my response with lots of colorful language that would attract the attention of the moderators and lead them to the impression I am...

  19. i got a needle stick today need prayer

    suanna replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Not a forum for medical advise but CALL YOUR PCP NOW!!! not later today. A dose of immunoglobulin may be helpful if given in the first 48hrs. There may be other treatment options that I am unaware...

  20. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    suanna replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who have followed my posts you know I'm a big fan of unions. This sounds like craziness but consider the janitors' point of view. Your volunteering to sweep today turns into an...

  21. Nurses Past Their Prime

    suanna replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    Over all, a great story. You took a place with a group of bitter, discouraged staff and through effective management and professional empowerment, managed to turn all but 1 of them around. That last...

  22. Nurses Past Their Prime

    suanna replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to put my 2 cents in on the age issue. As a "chronologically challenged" individual I am past my "prime" and I take no offence from it. My mind is a bit slower than it was in my 20s, my...

  23. Tegaderm, Medipore and blisters

    suanna replied to 2010RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, tape and dressings can cause blistering/tape burn on a lot of patients for various reasons-adhesive sensitivity, fragile skin, rough removal but on post-op patients if you don't loosen the...

  24. Tegaderm, Medipore and blisters

    suanna replied to 2010RN's topic in General Nursing

    Post operative tape and tegaderm blisters are caused by the dressing being put on in the OR when the patient & dressings are cold (ORs are chilly) and then, as the patient warms up post-op and has...

  25. Nurses Past Their Prime

    suanna replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    If anyone comes up with a way to help these nurses please post it-I could benifit from the cure. I'm one of the "past thier prime" nurses and let me tell you, I would like to be happier....